“When a clock is hungry, it goes back four seconds”

“When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she’d dye”

“I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then is hit me.”

“Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting a rest”

+ Be looking out for our grand opening of the new Swedesboro library! ~Coming Soon~

(Date To Be Announced)

+ Up coming open coffee House at Bethesda Church in Swedesboro. April 1st, live music and refreshments; bring your friends! More info coming soon.

+ Read Across America at 6:30 PM, March 1st, at Bethesda Church. Bring the kids and listen to live reading and a special guest!

The Swedesboro Christmas parade was on November 27th, 2010. There were eleven kids and two adults in attendance. I was one of the teens helping out.  We had a wagon with a Christmas tree in it, and a lot of ornaments about the library as well. We also had a banner for the library, and two teens carried it in front of the marching people in the parade. Other kids helped pass out candy. The candy mostly consisted of Dum-dums. It was a cold windy day; but, everyone had a god time.

Article written by,

Shelby Carlton

                 George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” has not survived for over 40 years simply by being a great children’s story. It has survived because beneath its child-like plot lies an entire shift of political power in a country. “Animal Farm” was written to express Orwell’s opinions on the Russian Revolution. This novel was disguised as a children’s book to protect Orwell from government punishment. The novel is only 141 pages and a has a moderate amount of words per page. Orwell succeeds in this novel at bringing a new form of  “book” to the table. “Animal Farm’ can be read simply as the story in its pages, the life of a group of animals who decide to revolt; or as an in-depth parallel to the communism overtake in Soviet Russia. This duel meaning is what makes “Animal Farm” great for kids all the way up to adults, depending on how the reader chooses to read it.

                 Although the plot can be dull and expectable at times, it still manages to entertain even the most demanding teenage readers. “Animal Farm” is not a book for those who desire magic and fantasy type novels. Yet, if you are a person who enjoys a well-written storyline that can be paralleled to historical events, complete with mild humor and hidden morals; then , George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” may just be the novel for your next book club, or personal read.

Review written by,

Hunter Gregal

The entire festival lasted about an hour, from 10:30-11:30am. This was a very fun event for the children as well as the teens who volunteered!

Article written by,

Abigail Cicione

“Why doesn’t glue sick to the inside of the bottle?”

“Why is it called after dark when really it is after light?”

“Why are wise man and wise guy opposites?”

“Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in suitcases?”

“If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?”

“Why do slow down and slow up mean the same thing?”

“Why do we saying something is out of whack? What is a whack?”

If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay people to do it?”

“If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?”

“Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control when you know the batteries are dead?”

“How come abbreviated is such a long word?”

-ADULT: a person who has stopped growing at both ends and is not growing in the middle.

-BEAUTY PARLOR: a place where women curl up and dye.

-CANNIBAL: someone who is fed up with people.

-CHICKENS: the only animals you eat before they are born and after they are dead.

-COMMITTEE: a body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.

-If you take a laptop computer for a run you could jog your memory.

-A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.

-We’ll never run out of math teachers because they always multiply.

-Thieves who steal corn from a cornfield could be charged with stalking.

-To write with a broken pencil is pointless.

We are temporarily at the Satellite Library which is located at the Swedesboro Borough Hall, 1500 Kings Highway.   Don’t knock on the door at the Library...no one will be there to answer!

 Come on over to the Satellite Library, we have computers accessible. We also have a fax machine and a copy machine . Magazines, and newspapers.  All our programs are held at Bethesda Church.

Customers can order books and pick them up at the Satellite Library.  Books can be returned there as well.

Hours:

Monday-Thursday 3pm-8pm,
Saturday 10am-2pm

 Come in the rear entrance.

Come visit us!

Monday, June 21—     Summer Reading Registrations begin!

Wednesday, July 14—tie-dying t-shirts at 2pm. Bring your own shirt (at Fellowship Hall)

Wednesday, July 21—make marble paper (at Fellowship Hall)

Wednesday, July 28—snow cones and board games (at Fellowship Hall)

Wednesday, August 4—teen party/book chat/drawing at 2pm (at Fellowship Hall)

Also, be sure to volunteer to help with one of the chidren’s programs!

 Toy Story 3 follows Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and other familiar faces as they find a new home after certain circumstances force them to live in a daycare, where they meet new toys and rebuild their lives.  Without giving too much away about the film, I will say this: this movie is excellent.  It captures the humor and emotion conveyed by the previous films and then some, and children and adults alike will enjoy the film for its positive messages.  While its primary focus is the enjoyment and rapture of its young viewers, the film also has underlying themes, messages that focus on the progression of life and moving forward despite the overwhelming nature of certain circumstances.  Like many of Pixar’s previous movies (Up and Wall-E, for instance), the movie uses enticing visuals and appealing storylines to capture the viewers attention.  The movie is a warm reminder as to why I did love and still do love the series.  It is smart.  It is funny.  It is poignant.  Toy Story 3 is more than just a children’s movie—it is a formidable conclusion to one of the best series in modern cinema.

                 By William Goodwin

When: March 27, 2010

Where: Bethesda United Methodist Church in the Fellowship Hall, 1433 Kings Highway in Swedesboro

Time: 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Cost: Free

Sponsored by: Swedesboro Library Teen Advisory Board and "Zero"